Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.432 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$6.814 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$150 million; note - $50 million annually since 1992 from the UAE
and Kuwait (2002)
Currency (code):
Bahraini dinar (BHD)
Currency code:
BHD
Exchange rates:
Bahraini dinars per US dollar - 0.376 (2005), 0.376 (2004), 0.376
(2003), 0.376 (2002), 0.376 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Bahrain
Telephones - main lines in use:
196,500 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
748,700 (2005)